Counterparty credit risk
Derivatives start-up aims to cut costs at margin hub
Ex-Morgan Stanley bankers’ offering aims to reduce daily collateral flows that currently top $200bn
Big losses force banks to rethink energy lending
Unfunded loans and exposures to suppliers worry credit risk managers
Traders blame bail-in for Deutsche CDS jump
Debt subordination behind spread widening from January; CVA desks may need to adjust hedge ratios
CVA models may miss half of true default risk
Benefits of initial margin also overstated, new research finds
EBA connected counterparty plan raises compliance jitters
Guidelines would cut the large exposure due diligence threshold to 2%, versus the 5% Basel standard
Credit risk in energy: Best practices for challenging times
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Brexit spurs rethink of political risk at global banks
Some banks are reserving capital against political risks, such as Brexit
Basel Committee’s CVA shocker ignores trade-offs
Ditching own models for CVA risk is too binary and eliminates possibility of further dialogue
Asian banks plead for extra time on Basel credit risk reforms
Switching to the standardised approach for credit modelling could have an impact on their legacy books
Dealers disagree over charge for CCP counterparty risk
Fed stress tests push US banks towards charging CVA for cleared derivatives
Regional banks may benefit from Basel CVA surprise
Basel Committee decision removes potential source of competitive advantage for large dealers
The double default value-of-the-firm model
This paper analyses whether the double default treatment under Basel II is appropriate to capture the asymmetric relationship between an obligor and its guarantor.
Fund industry defends use of credit lines as liquidity backstop
Concerns about systemic risk unjustified, say asset managers
What credit auction friction says about the OTC market
Benefits of risk bifurcation threatened by collateral conflicts
Oil rout sharpens energy companies' focus on credit risk
As defaults rise, firms step up sophistication of counterparty assessments
Banks forlorn over new Basel counterparty risk charge
Standardised risk charge delivers few benefits, and plenty of trouble
Dealers criticise Basel’s 'nonsensical’ CVA impact study
Tight deadline and limited portfolio makes measurement difficult
Dealers fret over Basel CVA revisions
Punitive standardised approach may replace modelling
Increased legal entity identifier issuance improves reporting
Growing LEI issuance has improved reporting, but what comes next?
CVA and FVA with liability-side pricing
Wujiang Lou calculates CVA and FVA abiding by the law of one price
Applied risk management series: Counterparty risk exposure metrics
Carlos Blanco outlines an approach to counterparty risk using potential future exposure
BlueCrest: fixed-income market structure faces uncertain future
COO in interview cites equity-like evolution and regulation squeezing liquidity
Right-way risk can create a false sense of security
Counterparty correlations are no substitute for due diligence, argues Kaminski